Larry Michael White is an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist. The son of songwriter
L. E. White, who has written for
Conway Twitty, Michael had a song he wrote recorded when he was still a teenager. "You Make It Hard To Take The Easy Way Out" appeared on the B-side to Conway Twitty's hit "You've Never Been This Far Before".
Michael was later signed to
Reprise Records in 1992, releasing his debut album ''Familiar Ground'' that year. This album produced three chart singles for him on the ''
Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs) charts, including the No. 32 "Professional Fool."
The album was produced by
Robert Byrne.
White also was a writer on "Rock-a-Bye Heart" for
Dana McVicker
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, "Fighting Fire with Fire" for
Davis Daniel, "
Loving Every Minute" for
Mark Wills
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, "
The Baby" for
Blake Shelton
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, and "
Kiss You in the Morning" by
Michael Ray, the latter two of which reached No. 1 on the country singles charts. "Loving Every Minute" and "The Baby" both earned White
ASCAP awards for being among the most performed country songs of the year, in 2002 and 2003 respectively.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Music videos
References
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American country singer-songwriters
Living people
People from Knoxville, Tennessee
Singer-songwriters from Tennessee
Reprise Records artists
Country musicians from Tennessee
Year of birth missing (living people)